Connecticut Land Conservation Conference
March 22, 2025
Wesleyan University, Middletown
Workshops
Advanced Topics in Land Conservation
Land conservation and farmland preservation projects are often complex deals raising tough legal, financial, and governance issues. In this open Q&A session, participants will have an opportunity to ask the advanced questions most pressing to them, including those related to easement drafting, conflicts of interest, private inurement/private benefit, title searches, appraisals and Form 8283s, surveys and legal descriptions, environmental due diligence and liability, and establishing restricted funds for stewardship and defense…and the list goes on!
Presenter(s)
Keith Ainsworth, Managing Member, Law Offices of Keith R Ainsworth, Esq., LLC
Linda Francois, Esq., Partner, Cooper, Whitney & Francois
Shelley Harms, Executive Director, Cornwall Conservation Trust; Conservation Director, Salisbury Association Land Trust
Honor Lawler, Project Manager II, Trust for Public Land
Elisabeth Moore, Executive Director, Connecticut Farmland Trust
Resources and Handouts
“CLCC’s annual conference is like Woodstock for Connecticut’s land conservation community. It’s an opportunity to foster connections, get inspired, and celebrate our collective accomplishments”
- Pete Govert, Executive Director, East Haddam Land Trust
Previous Conferences
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